Extracted from The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, AL)
Thursday, February 7, 1952

Heart Attack Is Fatal To Montgomery Motorist

Lavender McKinney, 58-year-old Montgomerian, died of a heart attack yesterday afternoon while driving his car on Highway 11, about 35 miles west of here, near Bragg, the Highway Patrol said last night.

Patrolmen said they found McKinney's body in the car, which had left the highway. Death was attributed to a heart attack in a coroner's report.

Survivors include a son, James L. McKinney, Mobile; a daughter, Mrs. John J. Pollman, Meridian, Miss., and a sister, Mrs. J. F. Rollings [sic B. J. Rollings], Montgomery.

Funeral plans will be announced by White Chapel.